Several points;
I very much doubt having no seatbelt laws would lead to 'tens of thousands' of extra traffic fatalities. It seems like that figure assumes that no one would wear seatbelts.

To say I'm arguing for tens of thousands of dead is absurd. I am arguing for choice. What people do with that choice is up to them.

Public roads=Public dictation
If they're built using public funds than we ought to get all our rights and protections from government. Driving your car on a public road doesn't mean the police can search it at will.

Nor do I think my argument is simply rhetoric. This is not some solitary, isolated issue. It is part of the culture that obsesses over safety and will abide the government ordering us how to take care of us, which has led to many people accepting the nude body scanners at airports.

If we want to put safety ahead of freedom, why require cops to have warrants to search people's homes?

Or why allow restaurants to serve junk food, or food with fat, or simple carbohydrates, or processed sugar? Health issues kill a lot more people than car crashes.

CR